Photographer's Note

Dutcher than this it hardly can get. Therefore this place (De Zaanse Schans) is very popular with tourists from all over the world. Still it is a place worth to visit and despite the people there is a certain ancient tranquillity like here where the mills gather around the river Zaan.

It was on a sunny afternoon in August in a summer that was very sunny and warm in Holland (Where the weather in the south of Europe was not good at all)

Hello Gerrit,
A splendid composition with the windmills helping to create a wonderful long perspective. Lovely warm light and colours and some interesting shadow play. The passing boats enliven the scene. Very good technical realisation.

Hello Gerrit,
The title says it all. I can add that the nearest boat is very well placed. The nearest windmill and the little island add a fine splash of green with some nice red details. The light is beautiful.
Kind regards,
Gert

Hello Gerrit - super light on the foremost windmill brings out the lovely green paintwork and horizontal lines and shadows very nicely. Set against the sky the green and white trim are lovely. I like your framing too with the small boat encouraging us to look deeper into the shot and enjoy the context. Well balanced and attractive this works very well.

Hello Gerrit, very nice and interesting view of this beautiful place, (in 2008 i was looking for it and could not find) (next time I will not), nicely captured by a great pov in this great and beautiful picture. A lovely image of a nice place with good clarity, depth, nice light, color and quality. A good job well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.

Good night and happy rest of the week.
Best wishes from southern Spain.
Angel.

Popular it may be, but you've managed to exclude most of them! The presence of a couple of boats (presumably containing tourists) is fine by me, and in fact serve very satisfactorily to fill the left-hand space. A nicely composed photograph.

Hello Gerrit. In this masterful photo I see so many details. Of course, the windmills are the real eye-catcher. The blue sky and the strong contrasts highlight everything important. Very beautiful.
Rgds, Wolfgang.